MURDER. >> HE IS A SWEET KID, HE MESSES WITH NO ONE, HE PLAYS WITH EVERYONE. REACTION TONIGHT FROM THE CHERRY HILL NEIGHBORS OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS SHOT ON THURSDAY. >> WHEN I CAME OUT AND THE COMMOTION WAS GOING, THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS. >> UNLESS WE’RE TAKING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL ARE GOING TO THE STORE WE DO NOT GO UTSIDE. KATE: ACCORDING TO POLICE, AROUND SIX AGO THE BOY WAS SHOT P.M., TWICE, HIS MOTHER HIT ALSO BY A WOMAN THEY DID NOT KNOW WHO IS NOW IN CUSTODY, 31-YEAR-OLD NICHOLE GEORGE. >> WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO THE FACT THAT NICOLE GEORGE SHOT THEM SHE WAS SPEAKING TO THE YOUNG BOY AND AT SOME POINT SHOT BOTH OF THEM AND WE HAVE RECOVERED A GUN. AND DETECTIVES ARE STILL WORKING ON THE WHY. K THE CITY’S NEW TOP COP TELLING : REPORTERS WHILE THE MOTIVE REMAINS UNKNOWN ,AND THOUGH THE SUSPECT LIVED ACROSS FROM THE SHOOTING SCENE POLICE ARE CONFIDENT OF THIS. >> WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THEY DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER. THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS CONTACT BETWEEN NICHOLE GEORGE OR THE MOTHER AND SON. KATE: A MOTHER AND SON WHO HAVE YET TO RETURN HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHERRY HILL. >> I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR THAT BOY AND HIS MOTHER. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE OF OUR KIDS.

A 31-year-old woman has been charged with multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the shootings of an 11-year-old boy and his mother Thursday in south Baltimore.Officers were called just before 6 p.m. to a playground in the 900 block of Seagull Avenue, where they found a 34-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body and a boy with gunshot wounds to his head and hand.Both victims were taken to hospitals. The boy was listed in critical but stable condition. The woman was listed in stable condition. Both are expected to survive.Investigators believe both victims were in the playground when Nichole George, of Baltimore, approached the boy and began talking to him. "The content of the conversation is still undetermined," said Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison.A short time later, it is believed George pulled out a gun and shot the victims, police said.George initially left the area, but returned a short time later, where she was arrested, police said. A handgun was recovered, officials said."Whether or not (George) frequents this playground is unknown," Harrison said.George lives across the street from the playground. She has been charged with several counts of attempted first-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and handgun violations."I think when a kid is shot in a playground, it's really shocking to the conscious because that is a safe place that we expect to have for our kids, for parents," Harrison said."I'm very upset. It was my neighbor, her and her son," said Yolanda Johnson, a resident. "He is a sweet kid. He messes with no one. He plays with everyone."Neither of the victims know George, police said. A motive was unclear.Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 410-396-2221 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

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A 31-year-old woman has been charged with multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the shootings of an 11-year-old boy and his mother Thursday in south Baltimore.

Officers were called just before 6 p.m. to a playground in the 900 block of Seagull Avenue, where they found a 34-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body and a boy with gunshot wounds to his head and hand.